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What is weather?
Refers to the state of the atmosphere at a
specific time and place.
The one thing that you can talk to anybody
about
If you dont like the weather just wait
around it will change in Texas
What are some of the factors that affect the
weather?

Air Temperature
Temperature is the
measure of the
average amount of
motion in particles.

Wind
a natural movement of
air of any velocity;
especially : the earth's
air or the gas
surrounding a planet in
natural motion
horizontally

Humidity
The amount of water vapor present in the air
Relative Humidity -is a measure of the
amount of water vapor present in the air
compared to the amount needed for
saturation at a specific temperature

Clouds
Masses of small water droplets or tiny ice
crystals that float in the air.
Three main types are cirrus, cumulus, and
stratus.
Other clouds are a mixture of these three
main types.

Cirrus
Cirro- means curled or feathery
Form highest in the sky; are made up of ice
crystals; and appear as curls, tufts, or wisps.
Usually signal the end of clear weather.

Cumulus
Cumulo- means heaped or piled
Cottony clouds with flat, usually gray bases,
and puffy, bright tops.
Usually signal good weather, but if
atmosphere is unstable, can build into
towering clouds that produce showers and
thunderstorms.

Stratus
Strato- means layer-like or sheet-like.
Low-lying, dull-colored clouds that form in
layers or sheets.
Usually bring drizzling rain or light-falling
snow.

Alto
A prefix meaning middle range of clouds
and used to describe clouds that lie from
6,500-18,500 ft. (1,980-5,640m).

Nimbus
A rain cloud

Other Cloud Types

Cirrocumulus

Stratocumulus

Cirrostratus

Cumulonimbus

More Cloud Types

Altostratus

Altocumulus
Nimbostratus

Precipitation
Water that falls from the clouds
Air temperature determines the form of
precipitation that falls
4 main types of Precipitation: Rain, Sleet,
Snow and Hail

Types of Precipitation
Rain

Sleet

Sno
w

Hail

Air Masses
A large body of air that has
properties similar to the
part of the Earths surface
over which it develops.

Air Mass Map

Fronts
A boundary between two air
masses of different density,
moisture, or temperature.

Cold Front

Warm Front

Occluded Front

Stationary Front

Severe Weather
Thunderstorm
s
Lightning

Tornadoe
s

More Severe Weather

Hurricanes

Blizzards

Severe Weather Safety

Watches- conditions are favorable

Warnings- conditions already exist
Examples- Tornadoes, Flooding,
Thunderstorms, Blizzards, Winter Mixes and
Hurricanes

Lightning

Tornado Alley

Fujiti Scale

Weather Map

Hurricane

Hurricane Scale

Hurricane Charley

 Two sources of
forecasting weather
Data collected from
upper atmosphere
Data collected on the
Earths surface

Weather Station Model

Isobars
Isobars-connect points
of the same
Examples:
temperature and wind
speed
The further away the
lines the lower the
wind speed